You can schedule messages or media to be sent when your recipient comes online. Slide your message in with the morning post – or time a duck sticker for the exact moment a meeting gets boring.
Press and hold the send button in any chat to send your message with a silenced notification. You can also use this menu to schedule a message, delivering it at a specific time.
If you schedule a message in your Saved Messages chat, it will turn into a reminder. Be your own time-traveling secretary – whether it's about a dentist appointment next week, or waking up in time for pizza delivery.
Swipe left on a chat to transfer it to your archived chats folder. When an archived chat gets a notification, it will pop out of the folder and back into your chat list. Muted chats will stay archived forever. An unlimited number of chats can be pinned in your archive to keep messages […]
Swipe left on the archive to hide it. Show it again by swiping down.
With work, studies, friends and family all in one app, a little organization goes a long way. Users can add chat folders to create separate tabs for specific chats so they never miss a message. There are several preset options (like ‘Unread’), as well as custom folders that include and exclude chats by […]
are a powerful tool for broadcasting messages to unlimited audiences. Only admins are allowed to post updates, but you can add comments to engage with users – see @durov for example. Channels are anonymous: posts show the name and photo of the channel, rather than the individual who posted them. The list of subscribers […]
Channels with a linked Discussion Group have a comment button under each post, where both subscribers and visitors can share their thoughts. Comments appear in their own separate threads, but also are posted in the discussion group to give admins and frequent participants a place to see every new comment in one place. […]
All Telegram chats support multiple pinned messages, so important info is always within reach. Tap the top bar to jump between messages or hit the button on the right side to see all pins on a separate page. When pinning a message in a group, you have the option to send a notification […]
Telegram polls can be anonymous, or have visible votes so that everyone in the group sees who voted for what. Multiple answer polls can be helpful when deciding on a date or place for an event. Polls with Quiz mode enabled have a correct answer and can power anything from […]
Telegram needs almost no storage space to run on your device. Go to Settings > Data and Storage > Storage Usage to selectively clear your cache – even for individual chats. Set Keep Media to regularly remove unused items, or a Maximum Cache Size to keep everything compact. Here’s how it […]
All Telegram apps let you stay signed in on 3 accounts (with different phone numbers) simultaneously.
